Delay equations modeling the effects of phase-specific drugs and immunotherapy on proliferating tumor cells
Pages: 241 - 257, Issue 2, April 2012

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Maria Vittoria Barbarossa - Zentrum Mathematik, Technische Universität München, Boltzmannstr. 3, 85748 Garching b. München, Germany (email)
Christina Kuttler - Zentrum Mathematik, Technische Universität München, Boltzmannstr. 3, 85748 Garching b. München, Germany (email)
Jonathan Zinsl - Zentrum Mathematik, Technische Universität München, Boltzmannstr. 3, 85748 Garching b. München, Germany (email)

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